HP 5820X Switch Configuration Manual page 185

Configuring the monitor port in interface view
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To do...
1. Enter system view.
2. Enter interface view.
3. Configure the current port as
the monitor port.
NOTE:
• A mirroring group only contains one monitor port.
• To make sure that the port mirroring function works properly, do not enable STP, MSTP, or RSTP on
the monitor port.
HP recommends you only use a monitor port for port mirroring. This is to make sure that the data
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monitoring device only receives and analyzes the mirrored traffic rather than a mix of mirrored traffic
and normally forwarded traffic.
A port connected to an RRPP ring cannot be configured as the monitor port of a port mirroring
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group.
Configuring the remote probe VLAN for the remote destination mirroring group
To do...
1. Enter system view.
2. Configure the remote probe
VLAN.
NOTE:
• A VLAN can only be used by one mirroring group.
• HP recommends you use the remote probe VLAN for port mirroring exclusively.
To remove the VLAN configured as a remote probe VLAN, you must remove the remote probe VLAN
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with undo mirroring-group remote-probe vlan command first. Removing the probe VLAN can
invalidate the remote source mirroring group.
Assigning the monitor port to the remote probe VLAN
To do...
1. Enter system view.
2. Enter the interface view of the
monitor port.
3. Assign the
port to the
probe
Use the command...
system-view
interface interface-type interface-
number
[ mirroring-group group-id ]
monitor-port
Use the command...
system-view
mirroring-group group-id remote-
probe vlan rprobe-vlan-id
Use the command...
system-view
interface interface-type interface-number
For an access
port access vlan vlan-id
port
For a trunk port port trunk permit vlan
vlan-id
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Remarks
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Required.
By default, a port does not serve
as the monitor port for any
mirroring group.
Remarks
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Required.
By default, no remote probe
VLAN is configured for a
mirroring group.
Remarks
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Required.
Use one of the
commands.